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Spenser Mystery Series
Spenser entry at Wikipedia
"The Godwulf Manuscript" [#1 = 1973]
hired by college about stolen manuscript, several murders
"God Save The Child" ]#2 = 1974]
missing boy & ransom note
"Mortal Stakes" [#3 = 1975]
"Promised Land" [#4 = 1976]
missing wife; new girlfriend Susan {agrees to marry}, new partner Hawk
"The Judas Goat" [#5 = 1978]
with Hawk in London
"Looking For Rachel Wallace" [#6 = 1980]
guarding feminist, then fired, then she is kidnapped
"Early Autumn" [#7 = 1981]
Spencer rescues 15-yr-old Paul from parents
"A Savage Place" [#8 = 1981]
L.A. tv news anchor Candy Sloan killed for investigating studio payoffs
"Ceremony" [#9 = 1982]
missing teen hooker April Kyle & porno house
"The Widening Gyre" [#10 = 1983]
video of Senate candidate's wife; Susan in DC, then moves away to SFO
"Valediction" [#11 = 1984]
missing dancer, militant Christian sect; Susan in SFO, Spenser dates art director Laura
"A Catskill Eagle" [#12 = 1985]
Susan kidnapped by super-rich family that Fed agents want killed
"Taming A Sea Horse" [#13 = 1986]
looking for hooker April again
"Pale Kings and Princes" [#14 = 1987]
Hispanic newsman killed in coke-importing small town
"Crimson Joy" [#15 = 1988]
murders of women by psycho patient of Susan
"Playmates" [#16 = 1989]
corruption at Taft University
"Stardust" [#17 = 1990]
snotty tv actress is scared from past in California
"Pastime" [#18 = 1991]
Paul asks help finding mom; new dog Pearl
"Double Deuce" [#19 = 1992]
girl & baby killed, Hobart raider gang; S & S try living together
"Paper Doll" [#20 = 1993]
perfect wife killed with hammer; visit to South Carolina
"Walking Shadow" [#21 = 1994]
strawhat theater in Port City, DeSpain again, Hawk & Vinnie, Chinese gangs; S&S buy remote house & fix up; new Mei Ling
"Thin Air" [#22 = 1995]
missing wife of cop pal
"Chance" [#23 = 1996]
"Small Vices" [#24 = 1997]
possible death of Spencer {in coma at end}
"Sudden Mischief" [#25 = 1998]
Susan’s ex-husband is accused of sexual harassment then murder
"Hush Money" [#26 = 1999]
"Hugger Mugger" [#27 = 2000]
death threats against Thoroughbred horse in South
"Pot Shot" [#28 = 2001]
Spenser & Hawk defend an Arizona town
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Widow's Walk" [#29 = 2002]
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A recently-married banker is found shot in his bed, while his young and beautiful widow says she was in the next room watching television; everyone thinks that she is guilty of murder, until a woman at the bank also is shot to death.
Berkley pb [3/2003] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2002] for $24.95 Random House UNABR audio [3/2002] for $18.17 Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $20.97 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Back Story" [#30 = 2003]
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Spenser's godson Paul, now 37, asks for help for his friend, whose mother was shot & killed during a Boston bank robbery back in 1974.
Berkley pb [3/2004] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2003] for $17.47 Random House UNABR audio [3/2003] for $18.17 Random House ABR audio CD [3/2003] for $20.97 |
"Bad Business" [#31 = 2004]
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A woman hires Spenser to find out whether her husband is cheating, and Spenser discovers that the husband has hired a detective to follow the wife. The case gets tangled up with a radio talk-show sex therapist, an elite circle indulging in depravity, and a murder at the husband's office building.
Berkley pb [3/2005] for $7.99 Penguin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $9.98 Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2004] for $20.37 Random House UNABR audio [3/2004] for $18.16 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Cold Service" [#32 = 2005]
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Hawk is shot in the back, but recovers; he and Spenser set out for revenge against Ukrainian gangsters who run a nearby city.
Berkley pb [3/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2005] for $16.97 Random House UNABR audio [3/2005] for $18.87 UNABR audio [3/2005] for $16.35 |
"School Days" [#33 = 2005]
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The grande dame of a Dowling, Massachusetts family hires Spenser to prove her grandson innocent of a school shooting that left seven dead, against the wishes of the boy's parents and hindered by the apathy & resignation of the boy himself.
Berkley mass pb [10/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [9/2005] for $18.87 Random House UNABR audio [9/2005] for $16.35 |
"Hundred-Dollar Baby" [#34 = 2006]
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The working title was "Dream Girl" {see cover graphic}; April Kyle, damsel in distress in two previous Spenser novels, asks for help with thugs trying to muscle in on the whorehouse that she now runs, but Spenser soon finds that she and the thugs and others involved are lying to him.
Berkley mass pb [9/2007] for $9.99 Putnam 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $12.52 |
"Now & Then" [#35 = 2007]
 | After Spenser finds out why his client's wife is acting abnormally and reports that she is having an affair with another man, three people are murdered and Spenser is targeted by terrorists.
Berkley mass pb [10/2008] for $9.41 Putnam hardcover [10/2007] for $17.13 |
"Rough Weather" [#36 = 2008]
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A wealthy woman hires Spenser as bodyguard during her daughter's wedding on her private island, agreeing that Spenser can bring Susan along. But then Spenser's old nemesis The Gray Man shows up, guns ablazing, and kidnaps the bride.
Berkley mass pb [9/2009] for $9.99 
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $16.99 |
"Chasing The Bear: A Young Spenser Novel" [YS#1 = 2009]
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Parker sheds light on Spenser’s formative years spent with his father and two uncles out West.
Speak mass pb [DUE March 2010] pre-order for $8.99
Philomel 9x6 hardcover [5/2009] for $10.19 |
"The Professional" [#37 = 2009] 
 | Spenser is asked to investigate a blackmailer of rich men's wives, but then the wives start dying ...
Putnam 9x6 hardcover [10/2009] for $15.75 |
 | "A Triple Shot of Spenser" [2005] includes "Pastime" [#18=1991], "Double Deuce" [#19=1992] & "Paper Doll" [#20=1993] Berkley 9x6 pb [11/2005] for $9.97 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Spenser For Hire" TV series [1985-88]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spenser:_For_Hire
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088612/
"A Man Called Hawk" TV series [1989]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096646/
"Spenser" TV movies [A&E 1999+]
starring Joe Mantegna & Marcia Gay Harden
Jesse Stone Mystery Series
Jesse Stone novels entry at Wikipedia
Jesse Stone TV Specials homepage at CBS-TV
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Night Passage" [JS#1=1997]
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After losing his L.A. policeman's job and his marriage due to a drinking problem, 34-year-old
Jesse Stone leaves California for a new job as chief of police in the picturesque town of Paradise, Massa-chusetts. The town's officials hired Jesse expecting an alcoholic who would obey orders, but Jesse pulls himself together and takes on the local petty corruption, sexual scandal and strong-arm thuggery, and cleans up the town.
Berkley mass pb [7/2001] for $9.99 Putnam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/97] out of print/many, many used |
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"Jesse Stone: Night Passage" TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV aired Jan 2006]
An ex-cop from Los Angeles takes a job in a small Massachusetts coastal town as police chief; his intervention in a domestic abuse situation reveals the husband's mob ties, and then other underlying corruption, so he works to clean up the town. Co-produced & directed by Robert Harmon; teleplay by Tom Epperson, based on the novel; co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; also starring Polly Shannon, Stephanie March, Saul Rubinek & Stephen Baldwin Sony widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $10.49 full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Trouble In Paradise" [JS#2=1998]
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Jesse confronts ex-con Jimmy Macklin, who is planning to pull off the caper of the century at an exclusive island community in Paradise's harbor. Berkley mass pb [10/99] for $7.99 Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [9/98] out of print/many, many used |
"Death In Paradise" [JS#3=2001]
 | The body of a teenage girl is found floating in a local lake, shot to death and dumped like trash. Berkley mass pb [11/2002] for $7.99 Putnam 9½x6 hardcover [10/2001] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise" TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV April 2006] The body of a fourteen-year-old teenage girl is found shot and dumped in a local lake; formerly a straight-A student, she had become a 'slut', estranged from and disowned by her parents who didn't even report her missing. Co-produced & directed by Robert Harmon; co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; also starring William Devane, Stephen McHattie, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth, Vito Rezza, Gary Basabara & Orla Brady Sony widescreen color DVD [6/2007] for $10.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Stone Cold" [JS#4=2003]
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A pair of psychopaths are killing couples with .22-calibre pistols, while Jesse also tries to track down three teens who raped a classmate. Berkley mass pb [9/2004] for $7.99 Putnam 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/2003] out of print/many, many used |
 | "Jesse Stone: Stone Cold" TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV Feb 2005] A series of murders with the same modus operandi makes small-town Police Chief Jesse Stone certain of the identity of the two killers, but he has to catch them in the act before arresting them. Directed by Robert Harmon; co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; also starring Reg Rogers, Viola Davis, Alexis Dziena, Kohl Sudduth, Polly Shannon, Stephen McHattie & Mimi Rogers Sony color DVD [6/2005] for $12.97 full credits at IMDb |
"Sea Change" [JS#5=2006]
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The unidentified body of a woman found in a cove during Race Week leads to investigation of a world of wealth & depravity centered on a crowd of yacht owners involved with drugs, pornography, rape, and underage sex.
Berkley mass pb [3/2007] for $9.99 Putnam 9¼x6¾ hardcover [2/2006] out of print/hundreds of used Random House audio CD [2/2006] for $19.77 Random House UNABR audio [2/2006] for $19.72 |
 | "Jesse Stone: Sea Change" TV movie [CBS-TV May 2007] During the town's annual Racing Week, a local teenage girl accuses a visiting yachtsman of rape, which the tourism-obsessed town council wants kept quiet. Out of boredom, Chief Stone reopens a 12-year-old cold case involving a robbery and the murder of a bank teller, which soon overlaps the rape case and becomes a good deal more complicated. Co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; directed by Robert Harmon; also starring Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth. Rebecca Pidgeon, Sean Young, Mika Boorem, Stephen McHattie, William Sadler, James Gammon, Nigel Bennett, Vito Rezza & James Preston Rogers Sony widescreen color DVD [2/2008] for $7.99 full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [JS#6=2006]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}
"High Profile" [JS#7=2007]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Stranger In Paradise" [JS#8=2008]
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Apache hitman Wilson Crow Cromartie returns to Paradise with orders to kill a Florida mobster's ex-wife and kidnap his teenage daughter, but warily teams up with Jesse Stone in the pursuit of justice.
Berkley mass pb [2/2009] for $9.99 Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2008] out of print/hundreds used |
"Night and Day" [JS#9=2009]
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Reports of lewd conduct by the female principal of the high school may be nothing, but a serial peeping tom escalates to forced stripping at gunpoint and photographs of terrified nude victims, and taunting notes mailed to Chief Stone.
Putnam 9x6 hardcover [2/2009] for $15.57 |
"Jesse Stone: Thin Ice"
TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV March 2009]
 | Jesse Stone & Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston, and a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to ask Chief Stone to reopen the case.
Co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; directed by Robert Harmon; original teleplay by Tom Selleck & Michael Brandman; also starring Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, John Beale, Camryn Manheim, Fulvio Cecere, Jeremy Akerman, William Devane, Tom Gallant, Stephen McHattie, J. William Grantham, Jessica Hecht, Leslie Hope, Glen Lefchak & Gary Levert
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/2009] for $13.49 full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Split Image" [JS#10=2010]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Jesse Stone: No Remorse"
TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV airing 2010?]
 | Story/plot not yet available
Co-produced by & starring Tom Selleck; directed by Robert Harmon; original teleplay by Tom Selleck & Michael Brandman; also starring Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Jeremy Akerman, William Devane, Stephen McHattie, Saul Rubinek, William Sadler & Kerri Smith DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost"
TV movie [Sony/CBS-TV airing 2010?]
starring Tom Selleck; not yet listed on IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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"Jesse Stone 4-pack DVD Bundle" [2008] includes "Stone Cold" [Feb 2005]; "Night Passage" [Jan 2006]; "Death in Paradise" [April 2006]; & "Sea Change" [May 2007] Sony widescreen color DVD set [7/2008] 4 disks - out of prodn/used "Jesse Stone 5-pack DVD Bundle" [2009] includes previous four plus "Thin Ice" Sony widescreen color DVD set [11/2009] 5 disks - out of prodn/used |
Chief Jesse Stone & P.I. Sunny Randall together
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [JS#6&SR#5=2006]
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The owner of a Boston baseball team hires Sunny to protect his movie star girlfriend. A murder of the woman's sister in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. connects Sunny & Jesse professionally, and eventually romantically.
Putnam 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.72 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2006] for $18.87 Random House UNABR audio [6/2006] for $16.35 |
"High Profile" [JS#7&SR#6=2007]
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After a right-wing talk-show host is murdered in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. and Jesse's ex-wife is assaulted, Jesse asks Sunny to protect her. Then the radio host's pregnant mistress is found dead ...
Berkley mass pb [DUE March 2008] pre-order for $9.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $16.47 |
"Split Image" [JS#10&SR#8=2010]
 | The body of a minor Russian mobster is found in the trunk of a car near the homes of two 'retired' mob bigshots, and then the body of a major mobster washes up on the beach. Sunny Randall has been hired to get a teenager out of a religious cult near Paradise, and the relationship between Jesse & Sunny starts to heat up.
Putnam hardcover [DUE Feb 2010] for $17.13 |
Sunny Randall Mystery Series
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"Family Honor" [SR#1=1999]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Perish Twice" [SR#2=2000]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Shrink Rap" [SR#3=2002]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Melancholy Baby" [SR#4=2004]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [SR#5=2006]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}
"High Profile" [SR#6=2007]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Spare Change" [SR#7=2007]
 | After a hiatus of 20 years, a serial killer taunts Sunny's retired-cop father with another killing and another letter. Sunny & Phil Randall join with the Boston police task force on the case, as does Spenser's Dr. Susan Silverman.
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $16.47 |
"Split Image" [SR#8=2010]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}
Western Novels
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 | "Gunman's Rhapsody: A Novel" [2001]
Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid and the O.K. Corral, this is most certainly a Western tale; but it is also a deeply-affecting love story. Berkley pb [3/2002] for $7.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] out of print/many used New Millennium UNABR audio CD [1/2003] for $34.95 New Millennium UNABR audio [1/2003] for $17.00 |
"Appaloosa: A Novel" [Western novel 2005]
 | "A stunning Western ... one of Parker's finest." — Publishers Weekly The town of Appaloosa in New Mexico Territory has fallen under the rule of a ruthless rancher, who shoots the town marshal and two deputies in cold blood. The town merchants hire a new marshal and his sidekick to rid them of their oppressor. Complications begin with the arrival of Allie, a mysterious widow who takes a job playing piano at the town's hotel. Berkley mass pb [6/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2005] for $18.15 Random House UNABR audio [6/2005] for $16.50 |
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"Appaloosa" feature film [New Line Sept 2008]
Co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-produced, co-written by & co-starring Robert Knott; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall & Rex Linn; filming locations included Abiquiu, Rio Chama, Diablo Canyon, Galisteo Basin & Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico New Line Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2009] 2 disks for $14.99 New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $17.99 Lakeshore Records soundtrack CD [10/2008] 25 tracks for $14.99 27"x40" movie poster from Amazon for $19.99 latest credits from IMDb • official movie site |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Resolution: A Novel" [Western novel 2008]
 | A sequel to "Appaloosa"; Hitch takes a job at a saloon in the raw new town of Resolution, and is soon caught between the townsfolk and the ruthless mine owner. When Cole shows up, Hitch is relieved, but local tensions soon escalate as the mine owner buys out businesses, threatening the loosely-organized ranchers.
Berkley mass pb [DUE May 2009] pre-order for $9.99
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $17.13 |
"Brimstone: A Novel" [Western novel 2009]
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A year after the events in Resolution, Hitch & Cole find Allie, now broken in spirit, and together the trio settles in Brimstone. The two men are hired as deputies and are soon at odds with the town's preacher, who has a strong influence over Allie.
Putnam hardcover [DUE May 2009] pre-order for $17.13 |
in collaboration with Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages at Blackhat Mystery Bookstore
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"Poodle Springs" [1990] {Raymond Chandler novel completed by Robert B. Parker} Berkley pb [11/90] for $7.50 audio read by Elliott Gould
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"Poodle Springs" [1998 HBO tv movie] Directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan Mosaic Region 2 PAL format color DVD & VHS available via Amazon UK Region 1 DVD & VHS not available • full credits from IMDb |
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"Perchance To Dream" [1991 sequel to "Poodle Springs"] by Robert B. Parker Berkley mass pb [12/93] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [1/91] out of print/used New Millennium ABR audio [8/2002] out of stock/used |
Other Books
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 | "The Robert B. Parker Companion: The Complete Guide To His Novels From Spenser To Sunny Randall - Plot Summaries, Cast of Characters, Boston Locations & More" [2005] by Dean James & Elizabeth Foxwell Berkley Trade 9x6 pb [10/2005] out of print/used |
 | "The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell The Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives" [2009] Edited by Otto Penzler
The stories of the creation of their main characters from Ken Brown, Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, John Connelly, Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver, Colin Dexter, John Harvey, Stephen Hunter, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kedllerman, John Lescroart, Laura Lippman, David Morrell, Carol O'Connell, Robert B. Parker, Ridley Pearson, Anne Perry, Douglas Preston, Ian Rankin & Alexander McCall Smith Little, Brown 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2009] for $17.15 |
"The Boxer and The Spy" [YA 2008] by Robert B. Parker
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"Edenville Owls" [YA 2007] by Robert B. Parker
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 | "Double Play" [2004]
Joseph Burke is hired by Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey to watch over Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to play in major league baseball (story circa 1947). Berkley 7x5½ pb [6/2005] for $7.99 Putnam hardcover [5/2004] for $16.97 New Millennium UNABR audio [4/2004] for $16.97 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [4/2004] for $23.77 |
"All Our Yesterdays"
"A Year At The Races" with Joan Parker
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"The Best American Mystery Stories 1997" Edited by Robert B. Parker & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [11/97] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [11/97] out of print/used |
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"Love and Glory" [1983]
Dell pb [9/84] for $7.50 Doubleday hardcover [9/83] out of print/used |
"Wilderness"
"Three Weeks In Spring" with Joan Parker
"Training With Weights" with John R. Marsh
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